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- Thai Akha Kitchen Cooking Class & Local Market Tour
Thai Akha Kitchen Cooking Class & Local Market Tour
Cook 10 Thai and Akha dishes plus your own curry paste in a small-group class in Chiang Mai, taught by chef instructors at a school founded by Akha people. The Morning Class starts with a one-hour market tour at the Chiang Mai Gate Market and ends with a shared lunch; the Evening Class ends with a shared dinner. The Local Market Tour is separate: four hours, no cooking.
You cook in one of our two kitchens, some dishes at your own station and some with the group. You taste Akha coffee and hear the story of the Akha, who arrived in Thailand in the early 1900s.
We cook for vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian and gluten-free diets, and our kitchen is pork-free. You go home with a recipe book and an ingredient gift set. Pickup and drop-off are free within about 3 km of the Old City walls.
Inclusions
Package: Morning Cooking Class + Market Tour
What’s included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (within about 3 km of the Old City walls)
- Market tour at the Chiang Mai Gate Market
- Your own cooking station
- 10 dishes and your own curry paste
- Akha coffee
- Shared lunch
- Recipe book
- Ingredient gift set (a set of spices to take home)
Not included
- Transportation outside the free pickup area (you can come straight to the school, or we can arrange private transportation for an extra fee)
- Airport pickup and drop-off (we can help arrange a Grab taxi, about 150 to 200 THB paid to the driver)
Package: Evening Cooking Class
What’s included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (within about 3 km of the Old City walls)
- Your own cooking station
- 10 dishes and your own curry paste
- Akha coffee tasting
- Shared dinner
- Recipe book
- Ingredient gift set (a set of spices to take home)
Not included
- Transportation outside the free pickup area (you can come straight to the school, or we can arrange private transportation for an extra fee)
- Airport pickup and drop-off (we can help arrange a Grab taxi, about 150 to 200 THB paid to the driver)
Package: Local Market Tour
What’s included
- Market Tour
Not included
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Cooking class
All ingredients
Cookbook
Pricing & availability
Things to know
Confirmation
- You’ll get confirmation within minutes. If you don’t see any confirmation, reach out to our customer support.
Voucher type
- Present your mobile voucher
Things don’t always work out, so enjoy peace of mind knowing that the following cancellation options are available to you.
100% refund to your original payment method or credits
- Up to 48 hours before booking date
Non-refundable
- From 48 hours before the booking date
4hr - 7hr Duration
Please select a participation date
Join in group
Packages: Morning Cooking Class + Market Tour and Evening Cooking Class
Eligibility
- Anyone who cooks at their own station pays the standard price, at any age. Anyone who comes along without cooking joins as a Visitor, free of charge: one Visitor per Chef and up to two per booking. Beyond two, a Visitor is 400 THB, with our approval, and we welcome no more than four Visitors per class.
- This activity has no age limit
Usage validity
- Use your voucher at the selected date and time
Package: Local Market Tour
Eligibility
- Participants must be aged 15+ to participate in this activity
Usage validity
- Use your voucher at the selected date and time
- Cook 10 Thai and Akha dishes plus your own curry paste, some at your own station and some with the group
- Morning Class: a one-hour market tour at the Chiang Mai Gate Market, then cook and share lunch. Evening Class: cook and share dinner
- Learn the food of the Akha, who arrived in Thailand in the early 1900s, from chef instructors at a school founded by Akha people
- Small groups, at your own station in one of our two kitchens (one is open-air under a roof)
- Free hotel pickup and drop-off within about 3 km of the Old City walls, plus a recipe book to take home
Package: Morning Cooking Class + Market Tour
- Departure: Meet the operator at 08:15. Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly. Wait on the main street in front of the bus stop sign..Enter your hotel name and address at the checkout page The operator will re-confirm your pick-up time in advance
- Departure: Meet the operator at 08:20. Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly. Wait in front of the entrance to Central Plaza Gate..Enter your hotel name and address at the checkout page The operator will re-confirm your pick-up time in advance
- Departure: Meet the operator at 08:20. Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly. Wait on the main street in front of the entrance to ONE Nimman..Enter your hotel name and address at the checkout page The operator will re-confirm your pick-up time in advance
- Departure: Meet the operator at 08:20. Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly. Wait outside of Coffee and Drink Mini Mart next to the Clock’s tower..Enter your hotel name and address at the checkout page The operator will re-confirm your pick-up time in advance
- Departure: Get picked up at 08:30. Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly. Free pickup between 8:30 and 9:00 am from your hotel within about 3 km of the Old City walls. Depending on the area, we may ask you to be ready from 8:15 am. Our taxi shows a Thai Akha Kitchen sign..Enter your hotel name and address at the checkout page The operator will re-confirm your pick-up time in advance
- Departure: Meet the operator at 08:30. Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly. Wait on the main street in front of the entrance to McDonald’s..Enter your hotel name and address at the checkout page The operator will re-confirm your pick-up time in advance
- Departure: Meet the operator at 08:30. Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly. Wait on the main street in front of B2 Hotel..Enter your hotel name and address at the checkout page The operator will re-confirm your pick-up time in advance
- Departure: Meet the operator at 08:50. Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly. Come straight to the school: 14/10 Rat Chiang Saen 2 Ko. Alley, Tambon Hai Ya, Muang District, Chiang Mai 50100. Please arrive by 8:50 am..Enter your hotel name and address at the checkout page The operator will re-confirm your pick-up time in advance
- Departure: Meet the operator at 09:00. Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly. Walk inside near the big white pagoda. Look for crews in Thai Akha Kitchen aprons. Please arrive by 9:00 am..Enter your hotel name and address at the checkout page The operator will re-confirm your pick-up time in advance
- [Attraction/experience] 09:00, 1 hour(s), Guided tour, Chiang Mai Gate Market, A one-hour guided walk through the market. Each Chef carries a reusable cloth bag, because we shop with no plastic bags.
- [Attraction/experience] Guided tour, Akha coffee and cooking class at Thai Akha Kitchen, Chiang Mai, 10 dishes plus your own curry paste, some at your own station and some with the group.
- [Dining] Lunch, We sit down together to the dishes you cooked.
- [Return] 14:30 - 15:00, Shuttle included
- Day {num}
Additional information
- We cook for vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian and gluten-free diets, and our kitchen is pork-free. Pescatarian means tofu in the curries, stir-fries and soups, and shrimp in Tom Yum and Pad Thai. Halal: we use halal-certified sugar, salt and fish sauce; our chicken is not certified, so you can bring your own or choose tofu. Allergies are prepared separately, with separate ingredients and utensils, and even the dishes we cook together are made in separate portions for your diet, allergies and spice level. Please tell us what you need when you book. Prohibitions & Limitations
- The activity is able to accommodate special dietary requirements (allergies, gluten intolerance, vegetarian diets, or other dietary needs) Sample Menu
2 Appetizers
- Papaya Salad
- Spring Roll Sample Menu
2 Desserts
- Mango with Sticky Rice
- Pumpkin in Coconut Milk Sample Menu
3 Akha Dishes
- Sapi Thong (tomato dipping sauce)
- Akha Salad
- Akha Soup Sample Menu
Stir Fry Dish (Choose One)
- Sweet & Sour Vegetables
- Cashew Nut with Chicken
- Chicken with Hot Basil
- Pad Thai Sample Menu
Soup (Choose One)
- Chicken in Coconut Milk
- Hot & Sour Prawn Soup
- Clear Soup with Egg Tofu Sample Menu
Curry Paste and Curry (Choose One)
- Chicken Green Curry
- Chicken Red Curry
- Panang Curry
- Massaman Curry
Package: Evening Cooking Class
- Departure: Meet the operator at 16:15. Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly. Wait on the main street in front of the bus stop sign..Enter your hotel name and address at the checkout page The operator will re-confirm your pick-up time in advance
- Departure: Meet the operator at 16:20. Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly. Wait in front of the entrance to Central Plaza Gate..Enter your hotel name and address at the checkout page The operator will re-confirm your pick-up time in advance
- Departure: Meet the operator at 16:20. Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly. Wait on the main street in front of the entrance to ONE Nimman..Enter your hotel name and address at the checkout page The operator will re-confirm your pick-up time in advance
- Departure: Meet the operator at 16:20. Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly. Wait outside of Coffee and Drink Mini Mart next to the Clock’s tower..Enter your hotel name and address at the checkout page The operator will re-confirm your pick-up time in advance
- Departure: Get picked up at 16:30. Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly. Free pickup between 4:30 and 5:00 pm from your hotel within about 3 km of the Old City walls. Depending on the area, we may ask you to be ready from 4:15 pm. Our taxi shows a Thai Akha Kitchen sign..Enter your hotel name and address at the checkout page The operator will re-confirm your pick-up time in advance
- Departure: Meet the operator at 16:30. Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly. Wait on the main street in front of the entrance to McDonald’s..Enter your hotel name and address at the checkout page The operator will re-confirm your pick-up time in advance
- Departure: Meet the operator at 16:30. Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly. Wait on the main street in front of B2 Hotel..Enter your hotel name and address at the checkout page The operator will re-confirm your pick-up time in advance
- Departure: Meet the operator at 16:50. Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly. Come straight to the school: 14/10 Rat Chiang Saen 2 Ko. Alley, Tambon Hai Ya, Muang District, Chiang Mai 50100. Please arrive by 4:50 pm..Enter your hotel name and address at the checkout page The operator will re-confirm your pick-up time in advance
- [Attraction/experience] 17:00, Guided tour, Akha coffee and cooking class at Thai Akha Kitchen, Chiang Mai, 10 dishes plus your own curry paste, some at your own station and some with the group.
- [Dining] Dinner, We sit down together to the dishes you cooked.
- [Return] 21:00 - 21:30, Shuttle included
- Day {num}
Additional information
- We cook for vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian and gluten-free diets, and our kitchen is pork-free. Pescatarian means tofu in the curries, stir-fries and soups, and shrimp in Tom Yum and Pad Thai. Halal: we use halal-certified sugar, salt and fish sauce; our chicken is not certified, so you can bring your own or choose tofu. Allergies are prepared separately, with separate ingredients and utensils, and even the dishes we cook together are made in separate portions for your diet, allergies and spice level. Please tell us what you need when you book. Prohibitions & Limitations
- The activity is able to accommodate special dietary requirements (allergies, gluten intolerance, vegetarian diets, or other dietary needs) Sample Menu
2 Appetizers
- Papaya Salad
- Spring Roll Sample Menu
2 Desserts
- Mango with Sticky Rice
- Pumpkin in Coconut Milk Sample Menu
3 Akha Dishes
- Sapi Thong (tomato dipping sauce)
- Akha Salad
- Akha Soup Sample Menu
Stir Fry Dish (Choose One)
- Sweet & Sour Vegetables
- Cashew Nut with Chicken
- Chicken with Hot Basil
- Pad Thai Sample Menu
Soup (Choose One)
- Chicken in Coconut Milk
- Hot & Sour Prawn Soup
- Clear Soup with Egg Tofu Sample Menu
Curry Paste and Curry (Choose One)
- Chicken Green Curry
- Chicken Red Curry
- Panang Curry
- Massaman Curry
Package: Local Market Tour
Itinerary
- Local Market Tour
- Time:
- 08:00-12:00
- Total: 4 hour(s) and 0 minute(s)
- Meet up at Chiang Mai Gate Market, also known as Bumrung Buri Market
- Thai Breakfast
- Start market visit at the vegetable and condiment sections
- Try authentic Thai dishes, drinks, and sweets in the market
- Walk to the Nong Buak Hard Public Park grabbing some street dishes along the way
- Enjoy food together at the park
- End of the tour session
Additional information
Prohibitions & Limitations
- The activity is able to accommodate special dietary requirements (allergies, gluten intolerance, vegetarian diets, or other dietary needs) Sample Menu
2 Appetizers
- Papaya Salad
- Spring Roll Sample Menu
2 Desserts
- Mango with Sticky Rice
- Pumpkin in Coconut Milk Sample Menu
3 Akha Dishes
- Sapi Thong (tomato dipping sauce)
- Akha Salad
- Akha Soup Sample Menu
Stir Fry Dish (Choose One)
- Sweet & Sour Vegetables
- Cashew Nut with Chicken
- Chicken with Hot Basil
- Pad Thai Sample Menu
Soup (Choose One)
- Chicken in Coconut Milk
- Hot & Sour Prawn Soup
- Clear Soup with Egg Tofu Sample Menu
Curry Paste and Curry (Choose One)
- Chicken Green Curry
- Chicken Red Curry
- Panang Curry
- Massaman Curry
Optional hotel pick up
Packages: Morning Cooking Class + Market Tour and Evening Cooking Class
Address
- 14/10 Rat Chiang Saen 2 Ko. Alley, Tambon Hai Ya, Muang District, Chiang Mai 50100
- Please refer to the map for assistance
Package: Local Market Tour
Address
- 14/10 Rat Chiang Saen 2 Ko. Alley, Tambon Hai Ya, Muang District, Chiang Mai 50100
- Please refer to the map for assistance